ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,490, issued on July 1, was assigned to JVD INC. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Medicine delivery and animal management systems" was invented by Michael L. Vandierendonck (Scotts Valley, Calif.) and Marcelo A. Martinez (Davis, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments disclosed herein include devices for time release of measured quantities of an active ingredient and storage of animal management information. One embodiment disclosed herein releases an active ingredient, and then, at optionally varied intervals, releases additional doses into the same environment. The active ingredients are compartmentalized and, upon receiving an appropr...